451 Research - Biography

As Research Director for the data platforms and analytics research channel, Matt has overall responsibility for the coverage of operational and analytic databases, data integration, data quality, and business intelligence. Matt's own primary area of focus is on relational and non-relational databases - including NoSQL and NewSQL - data warehousing, data caching, and Hadoop. Matthew is also an expert in open source software and regularly contributes to 451 Research's open source-related research.

Prior to joining 451 Research, Matthew was Deputy Editor of monthly magazine Computer Business Review and ComputerWire's daily news service. Matthew started in IT journalism in 1997 as a staff writer with monthly magazine Unix and NT News, where he became editor in 2000. He has also contributed to a number of other publications. Matthew holds a BA in Multimedia Journalism from Bournemouth University in the UK.

Mea culpa: Investment funding for Hadoop and NoSQL in 2014TDM Sector IQ - January, 2015Last year, we predicted a quiet year for Hadoop and NoSQL financing. We were way off. The level of investment funding in Hadoop and NoSQL vendors more than doubled in 2014, reaching more than $1bn. In this report, we'll explain what actually happened, and why.

Mixed-workload Hadoop clusters hold the key for Pepperdata - and vice versaMIS Impact Report - January, 2015The company stands to gain from mixed-workload Hadoop cluster adoption, but its Hadoop performance optimization and management capabilities could also be key to driving that adoption. It may also be an interesting acquisition target for Hadoop distributors or infrastructure management companies.

On-premises: database as a service's new hope?MIS Spotlight - December, 2014Maybe everything will eventually end up on the public cloud, but for database as a service, private cloud is likely to provide the next stage of adoption. Expect greater interest in private DBaaS in 2015 as more enterprises evaluate their next-generation strategic data platforms.

Treasure Data lands marquee customers for expanded data processing serviceMIS Impact Report - December, 2014Pioneer Corp, MUJI and Yahoo Japan are among the recent adopters of Treasure Data's Hadoop-based data processing and analytics managed service. The company appears to be building on success in emerging industries and stands to gain from growing interest in IoT workloads.

Hortonworks puts its Hadoop strategy to the test with planned IPOTDM Debut IQ - November, 2014The Hadoop distributor looks set to test investor confidence in its Apache Hadoop-related business strategy and focus on billings, having filed its S-1 ahead of a planned IPO. If it's successful, expect other Hadoop players to follow suit in 2015.